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According to Pew Research analysis of the 2012 data, rising unemployment
and college enrollment are bases for the trend, as well as a decrease in young people getting married.

The work and study situations of the 2002 high schoolers were telling. Overall, those with more school were less likely to still be living at home.

Recession: Rising unemployment during the recession is cited as one reason for the increase in young adults residing at home

According to the data, 19 per cent of the group reported they were both working for pay and taking post-secondary courses, while 13 per cent said they were neither working for pay nor studying.

Sixty-three per cent were working for pay only, and five per cent were taking post-secondary courses only.

By 2012, 33 per cent of those surveyed had earned a bachelors degree or higher.

College education: According tothe report, university graduates are less likely to still live at home and less likely to experience unemployment

A full 40 per cent of those who had only a high school diplomaand 45 per cent of those who had not finished high schoolreported having lost a job since January 2006 as opposed to 19 per cent of those with a bachelor's degree or higher had lost a job.

Money was a real source of worry for the respondents, 53.8 per cent of whom had made less than $25,000 from employment in 2011.

According to a Pew Research Center study released in 2013, 36 per cent of young adults aged 18 - 31 are now living with their parents, which is the highest percentage in four decades.